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Adults to teens: You're not great drivers

Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:15:58 PM

John Egan

Note to teen drivers: Your adult counterparts on the road don't think so highly of you.

Eighty-one percent of adult drivers rate teens as "average" or "poor" drivers, according to a new survey by Allstate. The same percentage of adult drivers favors banning younger drivers from talking or texting on cellphones.

Other findings:

76 percent of adult drivers back a minimum age of 16 to receive a learner's permit.

69 percent support requiring three stages of licensing for teens. That's known as graduated driver licensing.

Seven in 10 drivers favor restricting unsupervised nighttime driving for people under age 18.

65 percent support restricting the number of non-family passengers for drivers under age 18.

The survey of 1,000 American adults was conducted July 13-17, 2011. Of the 1,000 adults, the survey identified 848 drivers who hold a driver's license and are behind the wheel at least occasionally. Financial Dynamics conducted the survey for Allstate.

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